0:00 -Hi, I'm Jeff Scott from Sussex
0:02 -Installation Team Limited and I'm here
0:03 -to talk to you today about catalytic
0:05 -converter theft protection and what you
0:07 -can do to reduce your uh your
0:08 -vulnerability or your business's
0:10 -vulnerability from being caught out by
0:11 -this um by this crime which is really
0:13 -really um inconvenient and costly or it
0:16 -definitely can be anyway. Um, one
0:18 -example I've got here is this is a Ford
0:20 -Transit uh, 2003 for example and uh, the
0:23 -accessibility of the catalytic converter
0:26 -underneath and like the height of which
0:27 -the vehicle is from the ground makes
0:29 -theft of the catalytic converter using a
0:31 -tool such as one of these reciprocating
0:34 -saws just something that's just really
0:35 -too simple and too um, too tempting and
0:38 -easy for for these uh, thieves to just
0:41 -pass up the opportunity. So, you can
0:44 -jump straight underneath the vehicle.
0:45 -you're able to lay down underneath the
0:47 -vehicle um and uh there's no need for a
0:51 -jack or anything like that. And you can
0:52 -see that is the catalytic converter
0:54 -there which contains these precious
0:56 -metals um including platinum um with a
1:00 -regular battery reciprocating saw
1:03 -literally would be easy enough so that
1:06 -the catalytic converter could be um
1:08 -could be cut from here sort of within
1:11 -seconds and that would leave the vehicle
1:14 -in a position where it's not able to be
1:16 -used for for business or for work and uh
1:19 -leave the the owner of the vehicle or
1:20 -the business owner of perhaps even
1:22 -multiple vehicles. You know, we hear of
1:23 -like 20 or 30 of these being done at the
1:25 -same time. You know, completely out of
1:27 -pocket. It it could be um between £300
1:30 -and £2,000 per vehicle for the catalytic
1:32 -converter. And I've heard stories where
1:34 -um they've been on back order at the
1:36 -dealer for literally like 3 months. So,
1:38 -vehicles being off the road day after
1:39 -day as a result of this theft. So, it
1:42 -can really a business. So, make
1:44 -sure you protect your uh business's
1:46 -investment and your vehicle, especially
1:48 -if you've got one of these higher
1:49 -vehicles like a a a camper van or a a
1:53 -Ford Transit, a Mercedes Sprinter, any
1:55 -one of these larger type vehicles where
1:57 -you can just get on the underneath the
1:58 -vehicle and remove these catalytic
2:00 -converters. Here with Dean Archer from
2:02 -ARS Recovery and we're going to talk a
2:04 -little bit more about catalytic
2:05 -converter theft protection and what you
2:07 -can do to prevent it and just give you a
2:09 -bit more of an insight into the
2:10 -situation. Now Dean, he's as honest as
2:12 -they come. Hey Dean, how's it going?
2:14 -Hey Jeff, not bad, thank you.
2:15 -But there are many um unscrupulous um
2:17 -recovery drivers who would deal in scrap
2:20 -metal or scrap metal dealers. So let's
2:22 -uh let's hear from Dean now and see what
2:23 -he's got to say. So show us Dean, what
2:27 -have you got here? You've got some
2:28 -Cadillac converters to show us.
2:29 -I've got three here that I've taken off
2:30 -the last three cars I've scratched. This
2:32 -one's off a Mitsubishi FTO. Um I've got
2:34 -one off a SAB there and one off Voxil
2:36 -Corser.
2:36 -So this one is a SA and this one is a
2:38 -Voxil Corser. So you
2:40 -and what are these worth to you?
2:41 -I mean there's platinum inside each of
2:43 -these cat converters. So that is where
2:45 -the money is. I mean they can range
2:47 -anything from like 20 to30 up to £150 to
2:50 -200 each depending on the gradient.
2:53 -So you if someone has gone along and
2:56 -taken 20 or 30 of these catalytic
2:57 -converters off of one in one night this
2:59 -they could be making a for. Yes they do.
3:02 -Right. So I'm underneath the vehicle
3:03 -now. I'm just literally going to chop
3:04 -there and chop there and take the cat
3:06 -converter off. Show how easy it is to be
3:08 -stolen.
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3:45 -That one there is worth about £25. Not a
3:48 -lot really, but that's minimal for
3:51 -something like that size.
3:55 -Here we now have a car. The cat's been
3:57 -removed from it. So whether that was
3:59 -like um your vehicle that's had the cat
4:01 -stolen, you're not actually going to
4:02 -really know any difference because
4:04 -visually it looks the same. The first
4:06 -thing that's going to come to light
4:07 -that's going to that you're going to
4:08 -realize that this cat has been stolen is
4:10 -when you go to start it up. So if we
4:12 -just bring in Dino here and we'll get
4:13 -Dino to start this car up and drive away
4:15 -and let's see what what happens.
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4:39 -I'm here with a Mercedes Sprinter 2006.
4:41 -This Mercedes Sprinter is one that is
4:43 -very vulnerable to having this catalytic
4:44 -converter removed. It seems that the uh
4:46 -the way that they mostly access this is
4:49 -by um popping the window, popping the
4:51 -quarter light window to the side,
4:53 -reaching the hand through, opening up
4:55 -the bonnet, and then going underneath
4:56 -the bonnet and um unbolting the top
4:59 -bracket for the catalytic converter,
5:02 -which you may be able to see just under
5:04 -there. Then they go to the underneath
5:07 -and um and remove some more of the
5:08 -exhaust underneath. Another mounting uh
5:10 -part and extract the exhaust out with
5:12 -both the cat converter and the DPF
5:15 -filter on there as well. So that can be
5:16 -a really costly uh replacement for the
5:18 -vehicle owner. Now what we're going to
5:20 -do to address this today is we're going
5:21 -to use the cat lock product to uh secure
5:24 -this catalytic converter up. And if I
5:25 -just show you now, that's the parts that
5:27 -we're going to be fitting. And I'll come
5:29 -back and I'll show you those parts once
5:31 -I've finished with the installation. So
5:33 -stay tuned tuned.
5:36 -So, there's the security etching system
5:38 -which has been etched onto the DPF
5:40 -filter.
5:42 -There's the cat lock uh chained into
5:44 -place.
5:47 -There's the metal bracket in around the
5:49 -actual cat lock. I haven't undone the
5:51 -shear off bolts yet. I'm just going to
5:53 -have a check over just to make sure
5:54 -there's no rattles and that everything's
5:56 -good. And here is the vulnerable clamp
5:59 -which I've just removed the standard um
6:03 -standard bolt and I'm replacing that one
6:06 -with a security bolt. So that's what's
6:08 -going to go inside there now.
6:11 -So I do that up.
6:14 -I'll uh do the test out. Make sure
6:16 -there's no rattles. Make sure
6:17 -everything's good. And then we'll go
6:18 -ahead and uh break off the shear bolts.
6:21 -Leave this nice and secure.
6:25 -Okay. Okay, so that's a successful test.
6:27 -The cat lock is fitted to this vehicle.
6:29 -The catalytic converter is now nice and
6:31 -secure from attack. We've got the uh
6:33 -shear bolts all broken off. We've got
6:34 -the etching on the DPF filter and we've
6:36 -got the clamp using the security bolt.
6:38 -So hopefully the um this vehicle um
6:41 -won't even get as far as having its
6:43 -windows broken cuz I've also applied the
6:46 -window stickers as well, the catlock
6:48 -worn away stickers. So this is a vehicle
6:50 -that's secure. Go to the website
6:52 -www.sussixinstallations.co.uk
6:54 -UK. Um, find out what we can do for your
6:56 -vehicle. Thanks for watching.
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